About the Role

The role involves working as a Senior Rust Engineer focused on enhancing developer tooling and version control systems. You will tackle complex engineering challenges related to open-source technologies and contribute to the future of AI-assisted software development.

What You'll Be Working On

Extending and enhancing the version control ecosystem
Contributing to gitoxide and Git compatibility initiatives
Building cloud-native repository backends designed for enterprise-scale development
Developing high-performance storage, caching, and virtual filesystem solutions
Improving support for large repositories and distributed workflows
Designing extensibility frameworks, APIs, and plugin architectures
Enhancing developer tooling for AI-assisted and automated software engineering workflows
Collaborating directly with open-source maintainers and upstream communities

What We're Looking For

Essential

Strong commercial experience with Rust
Deep understanding of Git and modern version control concepts
Experience building developer tools, infrastructure platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or systems software
Strong knowledge of software architecture and distributed systems
Experience contributing to open-source projects
Track record of delivering high-quality production software

Highly Desirable

Experience with Git internals, source control systems, or repository storage technologies
Contributions to projects such as Git, gitoxide, JGit, Mercurial, or similar tooling
Knowledge of packfiles, commit graphs, refs, reftables, partial clone, or repository performance optimisation
Experience with storage engines, filesystems, caching layers, or large-scale infrastructure
Familiarity with gRPC, distributed services, authentication systems, and cloud platforms
Open-source maintainer experience or a strong public GitHub profile

Why Join?

Work on cutting-edge developer infrastructure
Contribute directly to widely-used open-source projects
Help shape the future of AI-enabled software development
Solve complex technical challenges at the intersection of version control, cloud infrastructure, and developer productivity
Collaborate with recognised experts in the open-source ecosystem

If you have a passion for Rust, developer tooling, distributed systems, and open-source software, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

Rust experience

Strong commercial experience with Rust is essential.

Git knowledge

Deep understanding of Git and modern version control concepts is required.

Developer tools experience

Experience building developer tools, infrastructure platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or systems software is necessary.

Software architecture

Strong knowledge of software architecture and distributed systems is important.

Open-source contributions

Experience contributing to open-source projects is a must.

Nice to Have

Git internals

Experience with Git internals, source control systems, or repository storage technologies is highly desirable.

Project contributions

Contributions to projects such as Git, gitoxide, JGit, or Mercurial are a plus.

Performance optimisation

Knowledge of repository performance optimisation techniques is beneficial.

Cloud platforms

Familiarity with cloud platforms and distributed services is advantageous.

Benefits

Cutting-edge projects

Work on cutting-edge developer infrastructure.

Open-source contribution

Contribute directly to widely-used open-source projects.

Expert collaboration

Collaborate with recognised experts in the open-source ecosystem.